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ISO 3166-2:AF

ISO 3166-2:AF is the entry for Afghanistan in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.

Currently for Afghanistan, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 34 provinces.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is AF, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Afghanistan. The second part is three letters.

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

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Code Subdivision name (fa), (ps)
(BGN/PCGN 2007) 		Subdivision name (en)
[note 1] 		Subdivision name (fa)
[note 2] 		Subdivision name (ps)
[note 3]
AF-BDS Badakhshān Badakhshan بدخشان بدخشان
AF-BDG Bādghīs Badghis بادغیس بادغیس
AF-BGL Baghlān Baghlan بغلان بغلان
AF-BAL Balkh Balkh بلخ بلخ
AF-BAM Bāmyān Bamyan بامیان بامیان
AF-DAY Dāykundī Daykundi دایکندی دایکندی
AF-FRA Farāh Farah فراه فراه
AF-FYB Fāryāb Faryab فاریاب فاریاب
AF-GHA Ghaznī Ghazni غزنى غزني
AF-GHO Ghōr Ghōr غور غور
AF-HEL Helmand Helmand هلمند هلمند
AF-HER Herāt Herat هرات هرات
AF-JOW Jowzjān Jowzjan جوزجان جوزجان
AF-KAB Kābul Kabul کابل کابل
AF-KAN Kandahār Kandahar قندهار کندھار
AF-KAP Kāpīsā Kapisa کاپیسا کاپيسا
AF-KHO Khōst Khost خوست خوست
AF-KNR Kunaṟ Kunar کنر کونړ
AF-KDZ Kunduz Kunduz قندوز کندوز
AF-LAG Laghmān Laghman لغمان لغمان
AF-LOG Lōgar Logar لوگَر لوګر
AF-NAN Nangarhār Nangarhar ننگرهار ننګرهار
AF-NIM Nīmrōz Nimruz نیمروز نيمروز
AF-NUR Nūristān Nuristan نورستان نورستان
AF-PKA Paktīkā Paktika پکتیکا پکتیکا
AF-PIA Paktiyā Paktia پکتیا پکتیا
AF-PAN Panjshayr Panjshir پنجشیر پنجشیر
AF-PAR Parwān Parwan پروان پروان
AF-SAM Samangān Samangan سمنگان سمنګان
AF-SAR Sar-e Pul Sar-e Pol سرپل سرپل
AF-TAK Takhār Takhar تخار تخار
AF-URU Uruzgān Urozgan اروزگان اروزګان
AF-WAR Wardak Maidan Wardak ميدان وردگ ميدان وردگ
AF-ZAB Zābul Zabul زابل زابل

Notes

  1. ^ For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
  2. ^ For reference only, Persian name in Persian script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
  3. ^ For reference only, Pashto name in Persian script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

Changes

The following changes to the entry have been announced in newsletters by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.

Newsletter Date issued Description of change in newsletter Code/Subdivision change
Newsletter I-6 2004-03-08 Addition of 2 provinces. Update of list source Subdivisions added:
AF-KHO Khowst
AF-NUR Nūrestān
Newsletter I-7 2005-09-13 Addition of 2 provinces. Update of list source Subdivisions added:
AF-DAY Dāykondī
AF-PAN Panjshīr
Newsletter II-3 2011-12-13
(corrected
2011-12-15) 		Language corrections, administrative name corrections, alphabetical re-ordering and source list update Codes:
AF-LOW Lowgar → AF-LOG Lōgar
AF-ORU Orūzgān → AF-URU Uruzgān

The following changes to the entry are listed on ISO's online catalogue, the Online Browsing Platform:

Effective date of change Short description of change (en)
2011-12-13 Language corrections; administrative name corrections, alphabetical re-ordering and source list update.
2015-11-27 Correction of the local short name; change romanization system; change of spelling of categories of pus and fas; change of spelling of AF-KNR; update List Source
2018-11-26 Correction of the romanization system label

See also

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